Synonyms for lack
læklack

Wiktionary(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. lacknoun

   Antonyms:
   surplus, glut

2. lacknoun

   To be without, to need, to require.

   My life lacks excitement.

   Antonyms:
   surplus, glut

3. lacknoun

   To be short (of or for something).

   He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.

   Antonyms:
   surplus, glut

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. lack

   Synonyms:
   dearth, defect, deficiency, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, want

   Antonyms:
   dissipation, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, waste, wastefulness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. lacknoun

   Synonyms:
   failure, scarcity, deficiency, want, need, demand, insufficiency

   Antonyms:
   fulness, abundance, sufficiency, satisfaction, supply, competence

2. lackverb

   Synonyms:
   want, require, need, be destitute of

   Antonyms:
   supply, have abundance of

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. lack, deficiency, wantverb

   the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

   "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

   Synonyms:
   neediness, need, deprivation, wishing, wish, want, privation, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency

2. miss, lackverb

   be without

   "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

   Synonyms:
   drop, omit, lose, neglect, leave out, overleap, pretermit, miss, overlook, escape

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. lackverb

   Synonyms:
   want, need, be in want of, be in need of, be destitute of, be without

2. lackverb

   Synonyms:
   be in want

3. lackverb

   Synonyms:
   be wanting

4. lacknoun

   Synonyms:
   need, deficiency, destitution, want, scantiness, insufficiency, scarcity, dearth, default, defectiveness, shortness, shortcoming, DEFICIT

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. lacknoun

   Synonyms:
   want, need, deficiency, dearth, paucity, scarcity, drought, default, deficit, insufficiency, inadequacy, shortness

2. lackverb

   Synonyms:
   need, want, be in need of, require, sedulous

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "lack":

   absence, shortage, lacks, failure, insufficient, scarcity, missing, shortfall, dearth, unavailability, paucity, inadequacy, deficiency, miss, shortages, insufficiency, fault, non-existence, non-availability, shortcoming, deficit, inadequate, lacking, falta, gap, misses, loss, defect, misdemeanour, needed, lacked, absent, no

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How to use lack in a sentence?

1. Jim Manley:

   You can find ways to raise your visibility, whether it's taking questions in the Capitol or going on TV at night, it's going to be wall-to-wall coverage. They're not going to be suffering from a lack of options to stay visible.

2. Van Nijnatten:

   We are doing this because so much is happening at the moment, there is no lack of confidence. Nike is not a suspect. Investigating this is a matter of professionalism.

3. Tobin Gorey:

   There is already growing anxiety about the lack of rainfall in Australia's cropping regions.

4. Peter Stahl:

   Whether or not that is related to testosterone deficiency or usual things like not sleeping enough, poor lifestyle and lack of exercise, is very difficult to discern.

5. Alan Patrick Herbert:

   The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

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